of Mr. Rager expands on the spacey, atmospheric aesethetic of its predecessor, The End of Day. It features an eerie, supernatural production that incorporates alternative rock, psychedelic, post-punk, and new wave. The album's elements consist of; electro-grooves, minimalist beats, somber strings, woozy synths, ghostly samples, distorted guitars, and melancholy melodies. Music writers noted "1990s-era alt-rock" and a "1970s-era sound" in the album's music. Spin writer Charles Aaron noted "His cautionary journey takes the music in a makeshift '90s-alt-rock direction, jacked up on jittery beats that eerily mirror the rush and crash of someone who's been given way too much access to way too much ass." Matthew Cole of Slant Magazine wrote "it finds that Cudi burrowing deeper into the black hole of spacey psychedelia, fusing the clinical, synthetic hip-hop of 808s & Heartbreak with rock sounds derived from Hendrix, Pink Floyd, and Zappa." Sputnikmusic writer Channing Freeman commented on the production saying "the beats are slower, they feel somehow more claustrophobic, as if the walls of the songs are closing in around Cudi and he's trying to reach the end before being crushed." Lyricially, it continues on the autobiography track series like its predecessor, and follows the themes like depression, loneliness, detachment, and isolation, but in a darker context. Greg Kot of Chicago Tribune commented "He plunges into a world of bravado and after-parties, with their endless supply of drugs and women." Cudi's lyrics on Man on the Moon II address his former cocaine addiction, newfound fame, family issues, alcoholism, and women. On the first two songs of the album "Scott Mescudi vs the World" and "Revofev", Cudi provides an introduction to the album where he demonstrates the high and lows, also telling the kids to have hope. "Don't Play This Song" is where Cudi gives a brief explanation of his history of drug use, and he gives an unraveling of his suppressed thoughts hinting at suicide. "Marijuana" is an ode to cannabis where Cudi tactfully presents it as a relief to his mental distress. The lead single "Erase Me" is about a girl who hates Cudi, but can't forget him. Throughout the album, the subject matter of doubt shines, with songs that display emotions of uncertainty ("These Worries", "The End") and the dark experiences that Cudi had ("Maniac", "Mr. Rager"). On "Ghost!" he describes going through life's trials and tribulations and becoming desensitized to the harrowing journey. SgtPeppers of